Annapurna’s Beckoning
. The Annapurna’s Beckons – the beginning It took a day to get to Pokhara. I decided to hire a taxi as we had quite a bit of medical equipment for Rob. Bruce my son wasn’t due to arrive before … Continue reading →
Denis Buchanan
Once upon a time I was a Chemical Engineer now I am a born again Farmer. The transition was really quite easy with the major change that the life of feasibility studies has ended and any experiment that I wish to undertake is at my peril.
Meeting Kamala
My life has revolved around dental problems since I left home. First an upper molar for which my mum orgnised an appointment for me in Sydney. Turned out that this particular molar had had uncompleted root canal work. This is … Continue reading →
Kathmandu at last-finding my way
 After the overnight flight to Hong Kong with Cathay Paciific where I had a window seat and sat with re-emerging aching tooth. Whilst I was squirming in my seat from pain my next door neighbour must have wondered what was … Continue reading →
the start of my 2012 venture to Nepal then India
The start of my  2012 trip to Nepal and then India Posted on June 12, 2012 by Denis Buchanan I am now at Sydney  airport now writing my first note (using Evernote on my Acer notebook which I have … Continue reading →
East Coast Trekking
For a long time now I have firmly believed that East Coasters (of Tasmania that is) have relied on the natural beauty of the area to attract tourists to this area. Considering just how beautiful this area is I don’t … Continue reading →
Winter is almost here
Next week I leave for Nepal and India. It looks like being an interesting trip but so far the format isn’t as fixed as last year. Using my frequent flyer points I fly to Kathmandu via HongKong. I arrive in … Continue reading →
Autumn Changes
Last week say the 5th May we picked the last of the apples. These were mainly ‘granny Smith’ and ‘sundowners’. But our main activity now is cleaning up the paddocks and getting things tidied away before winter overtakes us. … Continue reading →
What’s a Wombat?
The other day we had a Wombat visit us. Actually her minder brought the Wombat up to the farm. What a beautiful animal. They are so cute and friendly. Although I am told they can take a nip out of … Continue reading →
Lotus Car Enthusiasts
We have had a great visit from the Lotus club. About 10 cars visited us yesterday who were touring Tasmania. Very low slung cars with hardly enough free board to escape the bumps and not a great deal of space … Continue reading →